Wednesday, 17 May 2017

Mount Lhotse records first summit in 3 years

Mount Lhotse-8,516 M - records first summit in 3 years

The fourth highest mountain in the world Mt Lhotse has recorded the first summit in 3 years. According to reports Indian climber (पर्वतारोही) Debasish Biswas and a woman climber from New

Zealand successfully climbed 8516 meter high Mt Lhotse on Tuesday after a team of Sherpas fixed the route to summit. John Snorri Sigursson (Iceland) and Cian O Brolchain (Ireland) also climbed at Mt. Lhotse. John and Cian became the first mountaineer from their respective countries to summit Mt Lhotse. An avalanche (हिमस्खलन) above the icefall section in 2014 and the devastating (भयानक) earthquakes in 2015 restricted(वर्जित) the world climbers from making summit on Mt Lhotse.

Meanwhile with the opening of a climbing route to Mt Everest on Monday, climbers from across the globe continuing their final summit to the roof (छत) of the world. In the first summit of this year 14 climbers scaled highest peak of the world on Monday. 35 climbers made it to Mt. Everest on Tuesday morning.

According to Tourism Department 373 fee-paying climbers have received permits to make an attempt on the world’s highest peak this spring. This is the highest number of climbing permits issued for Everest during a single season.

Highest mountain in the world

1. Mount Everest /

Sagarmatha /

Chomolungma8848 M

2. K2 / Qogir /

Godwin Austen8,611

3. Kangchenjunga8,586

4. Lhotse8,516

5. Makalu8,485

6. Cho Oyu [10]8,188

7. Dhaulagiri I8,167

Definitions of avalanche हिमस्खलन

noun

a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside.

During interglacial periods the steep, unstable U-shaped valley sides are subject to mass movements such as rock falls and large rock avalanches .

synonyms: snowslide

a sudden arrival or occurrence of something in overwhelming quantities.

we have had an avalanche of applications

synonyms: barrage, volley, flood, deluge, torrent, tide, shower, wave

verb

(of a mass of snow, ice, and rocks) descend rapidly down a mountainside.